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Berkovic’s sublime skills make him entirely at home in the Barclaycard Premiership, yet he spent the previous two seasons in the Nationwide League first division. A year ago he was helping Manchester City to promotion, and in the previous campaign his spell on loan from Celtic was a factor in Blackburn Rovers’ rise to the top flight. Berkovic, 30, is a microcosm of Kevin Keegan’s team — often a world-beater going forward but none too clever when defending. His return to Ewood Park should bring happy memories to